# Metaphidippus

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***Metaphidippus*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [jumping spiders](/source/Salticidae) that was first described by [Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge](/source/Frederick_Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge) in 1901.[2] The name is combined from [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek) μετά "after, beside" and the salticid genus *[Phidippus](/source/Phidippus)*.

## Species

As of June 2019 it contains forty-six species, found only in South America, Central America, and North America:[1]

- *[Metaphidippus albopilosus](/source/Metaphidippus_albopilosus)* (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – [Brazil](/source/Brazil), [Paraguay](/source/Paraguay), [Argentina](/source/Argentina)
- *[Metaphidippus annectans](/source/Metaphidippus_annectans)* ([Chamberlin](/source/Ralph_Vary_Chamberlin), 1929) – USA
- *[Metaphidippus apicalis](/source/Metaphidippus_apicalis)* F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – [Mexico](/source/Mexico)
- *[Metaphidippus bicavatus](/source/Metaphidippus_bicavatus)* F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – [Panama](/source/Panama)
- *[Metaphidippus bisignatus](/source/Metaphidippus_bisignatus)* [Mello-Leitão](/source/C%C3%A2ndido_Firmino_de_Mello-Leit%C3%A3o), 1945 – Argentina
- *[Metaphidippus bispinosus](/source/Metaphidippus_bispinosus)* F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – [Central America](/source/Central_America)
- *[Metaphidippus carmenensis](/source/Metaphidippus_carmenensis)* (Chamberlin, 1924) – USA, Mexico
- *[Metaphidippus chalcedon](/source/Metaphidippus_chalcedon)* ([C. L. Koch](/source/Ludwig_Carl_Christian_Koch), 1846) – Brazil
- *[Metaphidippus chera](/source/Metaphidippus_chera)* (Chamberlin, 1924) – USA, Mexico
- *[Metaphidippus coccinelloides](/source/Metaphidippus_coccinelloides)* Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil
- *[Metaphidippus comptus](/source/Metaphidippus_comptus)* ([Banks](/source/Nathan_Banks), 1909) – [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica)
- *[Metaphidippus crassidens](/source/Metaphidippus_crassidens)* (Kraus, 1955) – [El Salvador](/source/El_Salvador)
- *[Metaphidippus cupreus](/source/Metaphidippus_cupreus)* F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Panama
- *[Metaphidippus cuprinus](/source/Metaphidippus_cuprinus)* ([Taczanowski](/source/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Taczanowski), 1878) – [Peru](/source/Peru)
- *[Metaphidippus diplacis](/source/Metaphidippus_diplacis)* (Chamberlin, 1924) – USA, Mexico
- *[Metaphidippus dubitabilis](/source/Metaphidippus_dubitabilis)* (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Mexico
- *[Metaphidippus emmiltus](/source/Metaphidippus_emmiltus)* [Maddison](/source/Wayne_Maddison), 1996 – USA
- *[Metaphidippus facetus](/source/Metaphidippus_facetus)* [Chickering](/source/Arthur_M._Chickering), 1946 – Panama
- *[Metaphidippus fastosus](/source/Metaphidippus_fastosus)* Chickering, 1946 – Panama
- *[Metaphidippus fimbriatus](/source/Metaphidippus_fimbriatus)* (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala)
- *[Metaphidippus fortunatus](/source/Metaphidippus_fortunatus)* (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Brazil
- *[Metaphidippus globosus](/source/Metaphidippus_globosus)* F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Costa Rica
- *[Metaphidippus gratus](/source/Metaphidippus_gratus)* Bryant, 1948 – Mexico
- *[Metaphidippus inflatus](/source/Metaphidippus_inflatus)* F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Guatemala
- *[Metaphidippus iridescens](/source/Metaphidippus_iridescens)* F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – El Salvador, Panama
- *[Metaphidippus iviei](/source/Metaphidippus_iviei)* ([Roewer](/source/Carl_Friedrich_Roewer), 1951) – USA
- *[Metaphidippus laetabilis](/source/Metaphidippus_laetabilis)* (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Panama
- *[Metaphidippus laetificus](/source/Metaphidippus_laetificus)* Chickering, 1946 – Panama
- *[Metaphidippus lanceolatus](/source/Metaphidippus_lanceolatus)* F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Mexico to Costa Rica
- *[Metaphidippus longipalpus](/source/Metaphidippus_longipalpus)* F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – USA, Panama
- *[Metaphidippus mandibulatus](/source/Metaphidippus_mandibulatus)* F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 ([type](/source/Type_species)) – Costa Rica
- *[Metaphidippus manni](/source/Metaphidippus_manni)* (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – [North America](/source/North_America)
- *[Metaphidippus nigropictus](/source/Metaphidippus_nigropictus)* F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Mexico
- *[Metaphidippus nitidus](/source/Metaphidippus_nitidus)* (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Guatemala
- *[Metaphidippus odiosus](/source/Metaphidippus_odiosus)* (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Brazil, Argentina
- *[Metaphidippus ovatus](/source/Metaphidippus_ovatus)* F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Guatemala
- *[Metaphidippus pallens](/source/Metaphidippus_pallens)* F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Guatemala to Costa Rica
- *[Metaphidippus perfectus](/source/Metaphidippus_perfectus)* (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Brazil
- *[Metaphidippus pernix](/source/Metaphidippus_pernix)* F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Guatemala
- *[Metaphidippus perscitus](/source/Metaphidippus_perscitus)* Chickering, 1946 – Panama
- *[Metaphidippus pluripunctatus](/source/Metaphidippus_pluripunctatus)* Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Argentina
- *[Metaphidippus quadrinotatus](/source/Metaphidippus_quadrinotatus)* F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Costa Rica, Panama
- *[Metaphidippus siticulosus](/source/Metaphidippus_siticulosus)* (Peckham & Peckham, 1909) – USA
- *[Metaphidippus smithi](/source/Metaphidippus_smithi)* (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Brazil
- *[Metaphidippus texanus](/source/Metaphidippus_texanus)* (Banks, 1904) – USA
- *[Metaphidippus tropicus](/source/Metaphidippus_tropicus)* (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Brazil, Argentina

## References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). ["Gen. Metaphidippus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901"](http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2785). *World Spider Catalog Version 20.0*. Natural History Museum Bern. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 2019-07-23.

1. Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1901), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", "Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology"

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